Feared South African criminal takes short walk to freedom

One of South Africa's most wanted criminals appears to have made one of the most mundane of escapes when he slipped from police custody by walking out of a Pretoria court door along with the public. Bongani Moyo, arrested this year after a much publicised manhunt where his picture was plastered over nationwide media, was due at a hearing related to the armed robbery of nearly three dozen banks. Police would not comment on the incident, but correctional services, which placed Moyo under police care for the hearing, had a few choice words. "He was picked up by the police so he could go to court, and escaped under the nose of the police. We warned the police that this person had escaped before and therefore they should tighten their security," correctional services spokesman Phumlani Ximiya told Reuters.